deeerllly bemuooosed,

everybody pleeease give it up --a sprightly congratulations to @jbschirtzinger for posting the winning submission to the BEST under 400 this week –can you kindly attach an invoice of 10658 sats to collect yerr prrrriiizzee

the territory saw some BIG zaps this week –thanks to you dear patrons of the arts –which splains the higher-than-usual prize –also BIG thanks to @cleophas for donating their winnings from last week to this weeks winner

TERRITORY UPDATE

~the_stacker_muse stacked 22643 sats this week

IMPORTANT UPDATE

THIS WILL BE THE LAST WEEK of Billy’s pledge to the territory contest –n sooooo he’ s uppping the ante a bit –seeing as it is ALSO the last week of FICTION MONTH --this week I has a special edition of ~the_stacker_muse's creative writing contest

i am pledging a 40000 sat prize plus 100% of this week's territory revenue for this weeks contest in ~the_stacker_muse that adheres to contest guidelines (below) –and then a hiatus –weekly writing contests will continue but in a modified form –so stay *tuuuned *

your BEST under 400 contest prompt for this past week was

hot lead

to which the writers of SN have made the following entries (in order of zaprank):

• in [BU 400] This Is Bait by @jbschirtzinger several scenes depicting hot lead are deftly wound together
• in [BU400] la p’tite mort by @billytheked one wonders the type of victim over which billy waxes poetic

a notable mention

I Am an Artist – in this refined verse @Jimmyhoneyalchemist elevates the artist to divinity --in spite of the occasional bouts of destitution he or she faces

this week's contest – CREATIVE NON-FICTION

/cc: all the contributors to ~the_stacker_muse, to wit: @cryotosensei @Jimmyhoneyalchemist @jbschirtzinger @TotallyHumanWriter @cleophas @guerratotal @siggy47 @softglitter2d @Kontext @k00b @plebpoet

For a text to be considered creative nonfiction, it must be factually accurate, and written with attention to literary style and technique. Lee Gutkind, founder of the magazine Creative Nonfiction, writes, "Ultimately, the primary goal of the creative nonfiction writer is to communicate information, just like a reporter, but to shape it in a way that reads like fiction."[2] Forms within this genre include memoir, diary, travel writing, food writing, literary journalism, chronicle, personal essays, and other hybridized essays, as well as some biography and autobiography. Critic Chris Anderson claims that the genre can be understood best by splitting it into two subcategories—the personal essay and the journalistic essay—but the genre is currently defined by its lack of established conventions.

please submit all entries by posting to ~the_stacker_muse with [CNF] in the subject line --no word count limit-- for yer chance to win 40000 sats OUhhhWEEee winner will be decided based on top posts by zaprank will be announced Tuesday, 2 September.

additionally .... 100% of this week's territory revenue will be split and zapped to the three top runners up

feel free to submit your piece of creative non-fiction in the following forms: • essays • memoirs • travelogues • short fiction • photo essays • poetry • and more, be creative!

looking for inspiration.... read my (premature) entry to ~BooksAndArticles Fiction Month

weeeOHUUUUuuuuuu

--B

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